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(More customer reviews)Aging is a conundrum of sorts. As we grow older we get wiser. We gain perspective. We lose a great deal of those immobilizing, everybody-is-looking-at-me insecurities that come along with youth. For the first time it seems that our hard edges soften. We don't take life so seriously. There is something liberating about aging. It feels relaxing somehow. At the same time, however, aging feels overwhelming. We experience health issues that we thought belonged only to our grandparents. We face retirement and wonder how we will survive on a fixed income. We lose those precious attributes (perky breasts, smooth skin, naturally non-grey hair) that our youth-obsessed culture seems to value over anything else. Sometimes I feel that with each year I age, I become more invisible. I am losing my innocence, I am losing my beauty, I am losing my voice in society.
This is where Painting The Walls Red steps in so beautifully and brilliantly. Judy Ford writes with an optimism that is nearly impossible to find these days. It is fine by me that the book does not offer any medical information about aging as there is an abundance of that available to anybody who does a little research. What we are missing, what we desperately need as we grow older, is tenderness and compassion which is exactly what this book offers. It is full of stories about women over forty who have all approached aging in unconventional ways. These stories are utterly inspiring. The women Judy Ford writes about remain excited, inspired, amazed and fresh even as they mature. Painting The Walls Red is not a book for women who are stuck believing the myths we are told about aging. It is a book for women who believe in the power of creativity, who work to keep their hearts open, and who want to live in awe. I guess it is obvious that I have been deeply touched by Judy Ford's work. I highly recommend this book.
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Painting the Walls Red is a witty and touching collection of essays that provides an honest, astonishing and intense glimpse into the crazy time of midlife and menopause. This book empowers women as they enter menopause -letting them know that there's always room to explore their wild - and mild - sides. Chronological Fotigue Syndrome: The middle-aged equivalent of needing "time out" Desires at 15 and 50: Juggling menopause and raising teens at the same time raises stunning questions - and answers - about hormones and sexuality Old-Aged Avoidance Disorder: A call to fight the social stigma against ageing. You don't have to be invisible This must-read volume offers insight and advice from those who've discovered that age does not define who they are - or who they will become.
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